Max Darj
| Max Darj | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Darj with the Swedish national team in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
27 September 1991 Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Füchse Berlin | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2009 | Stenungsunds HK | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2009–2017 | Alingsås HK | ||
2017–2022 | Bergischer HC | ||
2022– | Füchse Berlin | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Sweden | 125 | (149) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 27 August 2024 | |||
Max Darj (born 27 September 1991) is a Swedish handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Swedish national team.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Darj began his professional handball career at Swedish club Alingsås HK in 2009. He won the Swedish Championship with the club in 2014. Darj joined German club Bergischer HC in 2017. He moved to Füchse Berlin in 2022 and won the EHF European League in his debut season with the club.
Two seasons later he won the 2024-25 Handball-Bundesliga, which was the first in club history.[3] The same season he played in the 2024-25 EHF Champions League final, where Füchse lost to league rivals SC Magdeburg.[4]
International career
[edit]Darj made his debut for the Swedish national team in 2014. He won the 2022 European Championship, finished second at the 2018 European Championship and 2021 World Championship, and placed third at the 2024 European Championship with the national team. Darj represented Sweden at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Alingsås HK
- Swedish Championship: 2015
Füchse Berlin
International
[edit]
Individual
[edit]- Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2019
References
[edit]- ^ "Für Stefan Kretzschmar bleibt das Ziel der Füchse Berlin die Champions League". Berliner Zeitung.
- ^ "Max Darj - Career & Statistics | EHF". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "40 Minuten Rückstand: Füchse nach hartem Kampf deutscher Meister" (in German). Handball-World. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Magdeburg win all-German final to take third title". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
External links
[edit]
- Max Darj at the International Handball Federation
- Max Darj at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Max Darj at Olympedia
- Max Darj at Olympics.com
- Max Darj at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Max Darj at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)
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